Comments on: May The Farce Be With You http://www.holycow.com/joe/archives/2005/05/19/may-the-farce-be-with-you/ I don't want to believe, I want to know. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:13:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Wildcard http://www.holycow.com/joe/archives/2005/05/19/may-the-farce-be-with-you/comment-page-1/#comment-2908 Wildcard Mon, 30 May 2005 06:32:23 +0000 http://www.holycow.com/joe/archives/2005/05/19/may-the-farce-be-with-you/#comment-2908 A bunch of friends and I have discussed this at length, and we all came to a concensus of why these first three movies can't hold a candle to Ep4 and Ep5. 1. No loveable comic relief. No Han Solo. He was by far the character that everyone related to in the original movies. The best lines, the "coolest" character. 2. Lucas didn't have awesome special effects back in the day, so he actually had to have a good PLOT. Ep1-3 seemed to have scenes in them that didn't carry or push the plot forward, but were there just because Georgie-boy could show off some special effects. The most glaring, was the out of the blue light saber duel in the desert. 3. No strongly entrenched villian (you could argue it was the emperor but the movie needed an "in your face" villian like Vader in Eps4-6). Darth Maul started out cool, or could have, were he given some DIALOGUE, but he died like a punk. If he had been established in Ep1, and pushed as the main villian in Ep2 and the first half of Ep3, to be finally killed by Anakin (ala Dooku, the Sith with the dumbest name ever) to finish his turn to the dark side, all three movies would have been better for it. A bunch of friends and I have discussed this at length, and we all came to a concensus of why these first three movies can’t hold a candle to Ep4 and Ep5.

1. No loveable comic relief. No Han Solo. He was by far the character that everyone related to in the original movies. The best lines, the “coolest” character.

2. Lucas didn’t have awesome special effects back in the day, so he actually had to have a good PLOT. Ep1-3 seemed to have scenes in them that didn’t carry or push the plot forward, but were there just because Georgie-boy could show off some special effects. The most glaring, was the out of the blue light saber duel in the desert.

3. No strongly entrenched villian (you could argue it was the emperor but the movie needed an “in your face” villian like Vader in Eps4-6). Darth Maul started out cool, or could have, were he given some DIALOGUE, but he died like a punk. If he had been established in Ep1, and pushed as the main villian in Ep2 and the first half of Ep3, to be finally killed by Anakin (ala Dooku, the Sith with the dumbest name ever) to finish his turn to the dark side, all three movies would have been better for it.

]]> By: Puck http://www.holycow.com/joe/archives/2005/05/19/may-the-farce-be-with-you/comment-page-1/#comment-2906 Puck Wed, 25 May 2005 21:43:42 +0000 http://www.holycow.com/joe/archives/2005/05/19/may-the-farce-be-with-you/#comment-2906 I guess it is the best of these new three, but as <a href="http://www.fahrvergnugen.net/archives/2005/05/25/308/" rel="nofollow">Fahrv points out on his blog</a> we can handle fully BAD movies as long as we get some of the goods we want, but a movie that's a near miss like Episode III is becomes much more annoying. I think that explains precisely why my initial reaction was so negative. I'm going to give it some time and then watch it again. I guess it is the best of these new three, but as Fahrv points out on his blog we can handle fully BAD movies as long as we get some of the goods we want, but a movie that’s a near miss like Episode III is becomes much more annoying. I think that explains precisely why my initial reaction was so negative.

I’m going to give it some time and then watch it again.

]]> By: jess http://www.holycow.com/joe/archives/2005/05/19/may-the-farce-be-with-you/comment-page-1/#comment-2905 jess Wed, 25 May 2005 02:27:25 +0000 http://www.holycow.com/joe/archives/2005/05/19/may-the-farce-be-with-you/#comment-2905 Actually, I liked it. The nooo scene was pretty lame but other than that, I was glad I went. It's still cheesy star wars, and yeah Amidala is useless, but it was cool. We jsut watched the original three and holy cow... they're about as bad. Hard to complain. I agree with the masses - episode 3 is the best of the new three. Actually, I liked it. The nooo scene was pretty lame but other than that, I was glad I went. It’s still cheesy star wars, and yeah Amidala is useless, but it was cool. We jsut watched the original three and holy cow… they’re about as bad. Hard to complain. I agree with the masses - episode 3 is the best of the new three.

]]> By: Pink http://www.holycow.com/joe/archives/2005/05/19/may-the-farce-be-with-you/comment-page-1/#comment-2903 Pink Fri, 20 May 2005 12:56:48 +0000 http://www.holycow.com/joe/archives/2005/05/19/may-the-farce-be-with-you/#comment-2903 Groan... I'm going to see this today and I'm already regretting it. Bah. Groan… I’m going to see this today and I’m already regretting it. Bah.

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